32:11D-18. Supreme Court decree; specific limitations on commission
Except as specifically provided in sections 3.3 and 3.4 of this article, nothing in this compact shall be construed in any way to impair, diminish or otherwise adversely affect the rights, powers, privileges, conditions and obligations contained in the decree of the United States Supreme Court in New Jersey v. New York, 347 U.S. 995 (1954). To this end, and without limitation thereto, the commission shall not:
(a) Acquire, construct or operate any project or facility or make any order or take any action which would impede or interfere with the rights, powers, privileges, conditions or obligations contained in said decree;
(b) Impose or collect any fee, charge or assessment with respect to diversions of waters of the basin permitted by said decree;
(c) Exercise any jurisdiction, except upon consent of all the parties to said decree, over the planning, design, construction, operation or control of any projects, structures or facilities constructed or used in connection with withdrawals, diversions and releases of waters of the basin authorized by said decree or of the withdrawals, diversions or releases to be made thereunder; or
(d) Serve as river master under said decree, except upon consent of all the parties thereto.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 52, s. 3.5.
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